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Sir Charles Howe Fremantle



Charles Fremantle was born on the 1st of January 1800. The city of Fremantle in Western Australia was named after him. He was the son of Thomas Fremantle, and was the nephew of William Henry Fremantle. He had an older brother called Thomas Fremantle. He was a captain of the British Royal Navy. Charles Fremantle left the Swan River Colony on the 25th of August 1829, heading towards the British army base of Trincomalee, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)
Charles Fremantle married Isabella Wedderburn and they had three children Emily Caroline Alexander on the 14 April 1838, Celia Elizabeth McNeil 8 October 1840, Louisa Frances Fremantle 23 February 1843

Charles Fremantle was the captain of a ship that he owned called the HMS challenger and he was sent to find WA. He was also a British naval officer and was the one who bought the first settlers to Fremantle. In 1849 he set sail on a trip to India the people thought he was so heroic so they named Fremantle after him.

Clothes

Charles Fremantle wore his uniform for the royal navy. It was long dark pants with lots of creases (because he never got them cleaned properly )he also wore a nice leather coat over his ripped dirty t-shirt the coat was buttoned to the collar and he wore a pair of perfect leather shoes that go up to his knees with clean socks because they were never seen.
Food
Food was cooked over an open fire Sushi fish cows liver peacock’s eyes the stoves that appeared in 1815 did not catch on with cooking purposes.
Transport
Because he was in the NAVY he went on allot of ships to travel to lots of different places.
Personal life
Charles Fremantle was the son of Admiral Thomas Fremantle, the nephew of William Henry Fremantle and the brother of Thomas Fremantle Jr.
He married Isabella Wedderburn and had 3 girls; Emily, Celia and Louisa.
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He was born in 1800 and died in 1869. He was buried in Brompton cemetery.
Charles Fremantle was a captain of the ship HMS Challenger and was sent to find WA.

Moving

He came from the United Kingdom so he went over to Australia because the UK prisons were to crowded.
His full name is Admiral Charles Howe Fremantle
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the HMS challenger thank you